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Tableau ferraille

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Tableau Ferraille
Call Number: VHS00276
by Moussa Sene Absa; California Newsreel (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: French and Wolof with English subtitles
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1997.
Notes: Originally released in 1997 (89 mins.);
Summary: Tells the story of an idealistic young politician’s rise and fall. Daam, a well-intentioned but vacillating European-trained politician, must choose between two social paradigms exemplified by his two wives. The film offers a view of how modernization, as practiced in today’s Africa, corrodes traditional communities and retards grassroots development.
OCLC #: 38208060
Added: November 4, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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How The West Was Fun

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
 
How The West Was Fun
Call Number: VHS00274
by: Mary-Kate Olsen; Ashley Olsen; Martin Mull; Stuart Margolin; Green/Epstein Productions (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm); Dualstar Productions.
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, ©1994.
Notes: Originally released in 1994 (93 mins.)
Summary: Olsen twins Mary-Kate and Ashley lead the battle of wits and wills to save the dude ranch of their great godmother Natty.
OCLC #: 35142805
Added: November 4, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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Jit

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Jit
Call Number: VHS00275
by Dominic Makuvachuma; Sibongile Nene; Farai Sevenzo; Oliver Mtukudzi; Winnie Ndemera; Michael Raeburn; Rory Kilalea; Tobias Areketa; Film Africa.; Mukuvisi Films.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: [Chicago, IL] : Home Vision, 1993.
Notes: Originally released in 1992 (92 mins.);
Summary: The beat of jit-jive drives the story, set in Zimbabwe, of a fun-loving youth called UK, who is determined to win the heart of Sofi, a stately beauty closely guarded by her gangster boyfriend. UK’s efforts are both helped and hindered by Jukwa, a pesty ancestral spirit.
OCLC #: 31502052
Added: November 4, 2008
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Saaraba

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Saaraba
Call Number: VHS00272
by Amadou Saalum Seck; Abdoul Aziz Diop; California Newsreel (Firm); Azanie Films.; Société nouvelle de promotion cinématographique.;
Format: VHS
Language: Wolof and French with English subtitles; Title and credits in German
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : California Newsreel, 1988.
Notes: Originally released in 1988 (81 mins.);
Summary: A young man returns to his homeland after spending many years in Europe. He and his homeland have changed in the interval and he is caught between his simple upbringing, the Western influence he was exposed to, and the corruption existing around him.
OCLC #: 23137059
Added: November 4, 2008
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Annie: A Royal Adventure

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
 
Annie A Royal Adventure
Call Number: VHS00273
by: Joan Collins; George Hearn; Ashley Johnson; Ian Toynton; Trish Soodik; Rastar Productions, Inc.; TriStar Television.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, ©1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1995 (92 mins.); Nominated for an Academy Award
Summary: Daddy Warbucks takes Annie to England so he can be knighted, but the evil Lady Edwina Hogbottom plans to blow up Buckengham Palace and take over as queen.
OCLC #: 33490252
Added: November 4, 2008
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The Apple Dumpling Gang

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
The Apple Dumpling Gang by Don Tait; Bill Anderson; Norman Tokar; Bill Bixby; Susan Clark; Don Knotts; Tim Conway; Harry Morgan; John McGiver; Don Knight; David Wayne; Stacy Manning; Clay O'Brien; Brad Savage; Slim Pickens; Dennis Frimple; Pepe Callahan; Iris Adrian; Frank Phillips; Ray de Leuw; Jack M Bickham; Walt Disney Pictures.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm);  
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Call Number: VHS00271
by: Bill Bixby; Tim Conway; Don Knotts; Susan Clark; Norman Tokar; Jack M Bickham; Walt Disney Company.
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: [United States] : Walt Disney Home Video ; [Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, 1995]
Notes: Originally released in 1975 (100 mins.)
Summary: Three frisky kids strike it rich during the California Gold Rush and set off the wildest bank robbery in the West where robbers get robbed and con men get conned.
OCLC #: 32082117
Added: November 4, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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La Planète sauvage

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Fantastic Planet
Call Number: VHS00270
by Stefan Wul; René Laloux; Alain Goraguer; Roland Topor; Argos Films.; Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.;
Format: VHS
Language: French with English subtitles  
Publisher: Troy, Mich. : Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment, ©1999.
Notes: Originally released in 1973 (72 mins.); Based on the novel Oms en série by Stefan Wul; Following the conclusion the edition contains the theatrical trailer and three early shorts by René Laloux: Les dents du Singe (Monkey’s teeth, 1960), Les temps morts (Dead times, 1964) and Les escargots (The snails, 1965);
Summary: The Oms live on the far away planet of Ygam, ruled by a society of blue-skinned giants called Traags, who keep the Oms as domesticated pets for their children. But when one orphaned Om manages to escape with a Traag knowledge device, he unites a society of wild Oms to use the knowledge in a revolt against their exploitive treatment. The wild Oms attack the Traags in their most vulnerable spot by traveling to a strange planet, a mystical moon around their home world, which holds the secret to the Traag’s existence.
OCLC #: 41032794
Added: November 4, 2008
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Davy Crockett King of The Wild Frontier

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Davy Crockett king of the wild frontier by Norman Foster; Fess Parker; Buddy Ebsen; Walt Disney Home Video (Firm); Buena Vista Home Video (Firm);  
 Davy Crockett King of The Wild Frontier

Call Number: VHS00269
by: Bill Walsh; Thomas Wakefield Blackburn; Norman Foster; Fess Parker; Buddy Ebsen; William Bakewell; Hans Conried; Basil Ruysdael; Kenneth Tobey; Nick Cravat; Walt Disney Productions.; Walt Disney Home Entertainment.
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Walt Disney Home Video, [1995?]
Notes: Originally released in 1955 (93 mins.)
Summary: There’s never been a folk hero quite like Davy Crockett, and you’ll see why when you watch him “grin” down a bear, battle an Indian chief in a tomahawk duel, and fight for freedom at the Alamo.
OCLC #: 32345966
Added: November 4, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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Rookie of The Year

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Rookie of the year by Thomas Ian Nicholas; Gary Busey; Dan Hedaya; Daniel Stern; Bill Conti; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.;  
Rookie of The Year
Call Number: VHS00268
by Thomas Ian Nicholas; Gary Busey; Dan Hedaya; Daniel Stern; Sam Harper; DVS Home Video (Firm)
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : FoxVideo ; [Boston, MA : DVS Home Video], ©1994, 1993.
Notes: Originally released in 1993 (103 mins.)
Summary: When the cast is removed from his severely broken arm, a clumsy 12-year-old is shocked to find his arm has become a 100 mile-per-hour thunderbolt, and is signed as ace pitcher for the Chicago Cubs
OCLC #: 34767152
Added: November 4, 2008
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Le Fils de Caroline chérie

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Caroline and the Rebels
Call Number: VHS00267
by Brigitte Bardot; Guy Casaril; Patty Shepard; Micheline Presle; Westlake Entertainment Group.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Westlake Village, Calif. : Westlake Entertainment Group, ©1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1955 (97 mins.); Based on the novel by Cécil Saint-Laurent;
Summary: Bardot plays a young girl in a romantic action western with an ending of excitement and ever lasting love.
OCLC #: 50862033
Also: Edition also contains The Legend of Frenchie King (VHS00267)
Added: November 4, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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